Jozy Altidore came on as an 82nd-minute substitute in Gus Poyet's first game in charge of Sunderland. The Black Cats were already down 4-0 to Swansea when Altidore entered. Altidore had two half-chances, but did nothing with either.

Geoff Cameron, Brek Shea and Maurice Edu all missed the 18 for Stoke's 0-0 draw with West Bromwich Albion, but news came out this week that Shea may soon be loaned out to a side in the English Championship.

Ze Germans

Jermaine Jones is still recovering from his knee injury and did not feature in Schalke's 3-2 win over Braunschweig.

Steve Cherundolo is close to a return for Hannover, but missed their 1-0 loss to Borussia Dortmund.

Fabian Johnson is still suffering from his ankle injury and missed Hoffenheim's match with Bayer Leverkusen.

Michael Parkhurst once again missed the 18 for Augsburg as they took on Wolfsburg.

John Anthony Brooks has almost recovered from the elbow injury he suffered before the recent international break, but was not fit enough to play in Hertha Berlin's 1-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach.

In the English Championship

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Will Packwood had the big weekend for Americans playing in the English Championship. Midweek, it was announced that Packwood would join Bristol Rovers, then on Saturday Packwood started the first game with his new club.

It was the first Championship appearance for Packwood since suffering a horrific leg break in January. And most impressive of all, in his first game back, Packwood won man of the match honors.

Tim Ream started at center-back for Bolton, who tied Sheffield Wednesday 1-1. Stuart Holden continues to recover from knee surgery.

South of the Border

Tijuana's American contingent of Herculez Gomez, Greg Garza, Edgar Castillo, Joe Corona and Paul Arriola play later on Sunday as well as the Puebla contingent of Michael Orozco and DaMarcus Beasley.

Beasley tweeted some worrisome news on Saturday, saying that he was going in for an MRI.

U.S. U-20 internationals Benji Joya and Daniel Cuevas, who both play with Santos Laguna, may be coming to Major League Soccer. A report this week emerged that the San Jose Earthquakes may be interested in taking the youngsters in on loan next season.